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R. I'. COOK. 'MAGAZINE POR PIRE ARMS.

Patentedept. 16, 1884.

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EOSVELL F.

COOK, OF ILION, NEW' YORK, ASSIGNOE TO E.

SONS, OF SAME PLAGE.

REMINGTON &

MAGAZINE FOR FIRE-ARMS.

V `"5ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,050, dated September 16, 1884.

Application filed June 11, 18S-1. (No model.) I I To @ZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it"known that I, BoswnLL F. Cook, of Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain Improve- 5 ments in Magazines for Fire-Arms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to magazines for firearms; and the invention consists of a spring slide or detent, combined with a magazine-box in such a manner as to retain or hold the cartridges in the box when the latter is detached from the gun and release them when the magazine is applied to the gun, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure l is a side elevation of the magazine detached. Fig-2 is a transverse vertical section of the same in position as applied to the gun. Fig. 8 is a vertical section of one side of the magazine, showing the detent in position to retain the cartridges; and Figs. 4 and 5 are side and sectional views of the magazine or box, with its detent made of wire.

This magazine is designed for use in connection with the gun patented by J. F. Lee, N ovember 4, 187 9, No. 221,328, in which the cartridges are fed from a magazine-box sidewise and upward through an opening in the bottom. of the shoe of the gun, as indicated in Fig. 9; and the object of the invention is to provide 3o the magazine with a detent or slide so constructed and applied that it will retain the cartridges in the box or magazine while the latter is disconnected from the gun, and will be inade to automatically release the cartridges when the magazine is inserted in position for use, and thus permit the cartridges to be fed or forced from the magazine up into the gun.

To accomplish these results I construct the box or magazine A of the form shown, and of 4o the proper size to contain the cartridges, which are arranged lengthwise therein, one upon another, as indicated, and as shown and described in the patent hereinbefore referred to. To one side of the box A,.I connect a spring 45 detent or retainer, B, as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, et, and 5. This detent may be composed of a flat strip of steel or similar spring metal, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3; or it may be made of a piece of spring-wire, as shown in- Figs. 4t

5o and 5. In either case its upper end is bent inward to forni a lip, a, as shown in Figs. 2, 8, and 5, and this bent end is inserted through a slit, e, cut in the side of the box near its upper edge, as shown, so that when the detent B is shoved upward, as indicated in Figs. l, 3, 55 and 5, its lip a will be projected inward over the uppermost cartridge, as shown in Fig. 5, thereby retaining or holding the cartridges iu the box against the pressure of the spring E in the bottoni of the box. The detent B has its lower portion passed through a loop, c. which is formed by cutting a couple of horizontal slits in the wall of the box and pressing the metal between the slits outward, as shown clearly in Figs. l and 2, the wall of the box being preferably indented, so as to form a vertical recess or groove for the detent B to rest and slide in, though this is not'absolntelv essential. The detent B is arranged to slide freely up and down to a limited extent vas shown in Figs. 2 and 3. XVhen shoved up), as iu Figs. 3 and 5, its lip or curved end c is projected inward over thc cartridges, and prevents them from rising; but when moved down, as shown in Fig. 2, the curved end or lip is wit-hdra-wn, thereby releasing the cartridges. In order to operate the detent, so as to automatically release the cartridges as the box is placed in position, the detent is provided with a projection, b, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, which is so located that it will strike against the under side of the stock L of the gun as the box is shoved into place, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby shoving down the detent and withdrawing its lip a., as there shown. Itis obvious that this projection b may be formed, as shown, bv bending the metal, or that it may be a pin our stud secured to the detent B, so as to project therefrom. So, too, it is obvious that, instead of being arranged to strike against the lower edge of the stock or frame, it may be arranged to strike against a projection or shoulder suitably located within the opening in the stock or gun-'frame at any desired point, the only requisite in that respect being that it shall g" come in cont-act with something that will hold it while the box A is shoved into its place, the relative position of the shoulder b and the projection against which it strikes being such as to cause the detent to slide far enough to withshoved to its place; or, if desired, this loop D.

can be arranged to strike against the under Y side of nthe stock,.0.r Vby locatingit higher on the side of the box it can be made to strike against a shoulder or projection located Within the opening in the stock, and thus be made to operate automatically, as may be preferred.

By this improvement the boxes can be lled with cartridges and carried in a suitable box or sack, ready for use whenever desired, and all that is necessary is to shove the box into place in connection with the gun, when the cartridges will be automatically released and be ready for use in the gun.

I-Iaving thus described my improvement, what I claim isl. A cartridge box or magazine adapted to contain a series of cartridges resting one upon another, in combination with the sliding detent B, having its upper end curved inward to engage upon the cartridges and retain them in the box when the detent is moved upward,

and to be retracted or withdrawn when the detent is moved in the opposite direction.

2. In combination With the box A, the sliding detent B, provided with an inwardly-pro jccting end or lip, a, for engaging with and retaining the cartridges in the box, and a pro- 'ection b or e uivalent device for o eratinvr` curvedinward to project over and hold the Y. Y

cartridges in the box, and providedivith a projection, b, or equivalentdevice, located in relation to the gun stock or frame or a shoulder or projection therein in such position as to be brought in contact therewith when the magazine or box is shoved into piace in the gun, and thereby automatically release the cartridges from the hold of said detent, substantially as set forth. v

4. The sliding detent B, having itscurved end inserted through a slot, e, in the side of the box, near its top, and held in position by the loop c on the side of the box below, substantially as shown and described.

ROSWELL F. COOK.

Witnesses: f

Trios. RICHARDsoN, FRED H. BENNETT. 

